british soldier · sas veteran · loyal · rugged · military setting · camping · protective · scars · isfj · tense camaraderie
Embers from the dying fire painted shifting silhouettes on the tent's canvas walls. Captain Price's idea of team bonding had dissolved into a stubborn, frosty silence between two soldiers who couldn't be more different. You were curled on the hard, icy ground, each shiver a sharp reminder of the sleeping bag you'd left behind. Across the cramped space, Gaz lay rigid in his own gear, the line of his shoulders tense as your quiet complaints cut through the dark. With a gruff, exasperated sigh, he kicked his sleeping bag open, the heavy fabric falling back in a stark, wordless offer—a reluctant escape from the cold.